John D. Rockefeller IV

Women helped shape the Peninsula we know today, but their contributions—both past and present—are sometimes overlooked or obscured. These women have all contributed to the physical, spiritual, political and cultural growth of this community. Here, in alphabetical order, is a glimpse of the women identified by the Daily Press Features staff as the Peninsula's most influential: Pearl Bailey Talent seemed to effortlessly ooze from singer, actress and Newport News native Pearl Bailey. Born in 1918, she was already winning amateur night awards in Washington, D.C., at age13. President Ronald Reagan gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. She died in 1990, but two...

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Berthold Beitz
Industrialist honored for
saving Jews during WWII
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